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Charles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith. is not wisdom , but prudence . The lawyer's truth is not Truth , but con- sistency or a consistent expediency . Truth is always in harmony with herself , and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the ...
Charles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith. is not wisdom , but prudence . The lawyer's truth is not Truth , but con- sistency or a consistent expediency . Truth is always in harmony with herself , and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the ...
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... truth can only be made known , if at all , by persistent and self- sacrificing efforts involving obloquy and perhaps disgrace . Sometimes , if the matter rouses sufficient passion , the truth comes to be known in the end . This happened ...
... truth can only be made known , if at all , by persistent and self- sacrificing efforts involving obloquy and perhaps disgrace . Sometimes , if the matter rouses sufficient passion , the truth comes to be known in the end . This happened ...
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... truth can but profit by unrestricted free- dom . " 4 Let truth go out and jostle with error in the market place , they proclaim , do not restrain or limit error and the expression of it , and the truth will always win out . Now ...
... truth can but profit by unrestricted free- dom . " 4 Let truth go out and jostle with error in the market place , they proclaim , do not restrain or limit error and the expression of it , and the truth will always win out . Now ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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